Donations in Honor and Memory: Summer 2019
Each gift made in honor and memory will be used wisely by Breast Cancer Action to end the breast cancer epidemic. Read more
From the Executive Director: People-Powered and Powerful!
Since our founding, nearly 30 years ago, we’ve had an outsized impact because of the people who founded, led, joined, and supported Breast Cancer Action. Together we’re able to make real and lasting change. Read more
Join Our Executive Director in North Carolina on June 25!
Join Me In North Carolina on June 25! I’ll be the keynote speaker at a Lunch & Learn hosted by Dr. Cornell Wright, Breast Cancer Action Board Member Channte’ Keith, and Community Leader Marie Garlock Read more
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Welcome to Our Summer Interns!
By Kira Jones, Communications Manager
We’re excited to introduce you to our summer interns: Kavya Narendra-Babu, our Communications Intern, Emma Strand, our Strategic Planning Interns, and Edwina Wong, our Think Before You Pink® Intern. We’re thrilled to have them with us... Read more
Tecentriq Update from ASCO
Just three months after premature approval by the Food and Drug Administration, new data released at American Society of Clinical Oncology challenges the earlier hype surrounding Roche's immunotherapy atezolizumab. Read more
Don’t Let Companies Patent Human Genes Again!
Congress is moving quickly with a plan to let companies patent human genes—overturning the historic Supreme Court win against Myriad Genetics! The notion that a company can own human genes is fundamentally absurd. And Congress’s proposed giveaway to corporations and biotech... Read more
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Get Your Tickets For This Year’s Acting Out!
Tickets are now available for the 7th Annual Acting Out - For the Health of It variety show and fundraiser. This year we’re holding the event at PianoFight, an intimate, community-driven venue in the heart of San Francisco, on Thursday, June 27. We hope you’ll join our feisty... Read more
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Announcing the Barbara Brenner Breast Cancer Activist Scholarship
Learn more about the Barbara Brenner Breast Cancer Activist Scholarship, recently created to enable an activist to attend the 2019 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, the world’s largest conference devoted specifically to breast cancer. Read more
#OurLastChance
With your support we're building a national movement to end fracking and dangerous drilling practices that harm our health and increase our risk of cancer. Now, Breast Cancer Action, along with organizations and frontline leaders across California and around the world are... Read more
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Why We Need to Pass the Lymphedema Treatment Act
Finally, the lymphedema complication I’ve been dreading for the past few years came to pass -- the skin infection cellulitis. Read more
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